Tucana

See also: tucana

English

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From later (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tucana (“toucan”).

Proper noun

Tucana

1. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a toucan. It lies south of the constellations Phoenix and Grus.

Derived terms

• Tucanae

Translations

constellation

• French: Toucan (fr) m
• German: Tukan (de) m
• Irish: an Túcán m
• Malay: Burung Tukang
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• Polish: Tukan (pl) m
• Russian: Тукан (ru) (Tukan)
• Spanish: Tucana